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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bancroft

Home Office facing legal action over RAF base housing asylum seekers in blow to plan to stop using hotels

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The Home Office is facing legal action over its plans to house asylum seekers at an RAF base, a move that could scupper its plans to scale back the use of hotels.

Refugee charity Care4Calais has accused the home secretary of housing asylum seekers illegally at RAF Wethersfield in Essex. The former airbase started receiving asylum seekers in July and around 250 migrants are based there.

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